Most useful information for seeking medical help

1. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
2. How to manage your PBS medicine overseas

Posting PBS medicine overseas

There are strict rules around when you can post PBS medicines overseas.

1. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
2. How to manage your PBS medicine overseas

Running out of PBS medicines when overseas

Find out what your options are if you run out of your PBS medicine when overseas.

1. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
2. How to manage your PBS medicine overseas

Travelling with medicines that are prohibited exports

Some PBS medicines may be a prohibited export under customs regulations.

1. Medicare Compensation Recovery
2. What you need to do

Before your Medicare compensation claim settles or reaches judgment

What you need to do before your compensation claim settles or reaches judgment.

1. Medicare Compensation Recovery
2. What you need to do

When your Medicare compensation claim reaches settlement or judgment

When your compensation claim reaches settlement or judgment, you or your compensation payer have to repay any amount owing.

1. What you need to do
2. When your claim reaches settlement or judgment

Get a Notice of charge for your Medicare compensation

You’ll need to get a Notice of charge if you don’t have a valid Notice of past benefits when your claim reaches judgment or settlement.

1. What you need to do
2. When your claim reaches settlement or judgment

Complete a Medicare Compensation Recovery Section 23A statement

Complete a Section 23A Statement if you don’t have a valid Notice of past benefits.

1. Australian Immunisation Register
2. What the register is

Overseas immunisations

How to add immunisations you’ve had overseas to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).

1. Disaster Health Care Assistance Scheme
2. Who can get it

Disaster health care assistance for Balimed 2002

There are specific reasons why you may get assistance for the bombing in Bali on 12 October 2002.

1. Disaster Health Care Assistance Scheme
2. Who can get it

Disaster health care assistance for Tsunami 2004

There are specific reasons why you may get assistance for the Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004.